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W. D. SNELL. Ohurn-Dasher.

Patented Mar. 16, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WESLEY D. SNELL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CHURN-DASHER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,655, dated March16, 1880.

Application filed January 5, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WEsLEY D. SNELL, ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ohurn-Dashers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a bottom view. Fig. 3is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinalvertical section.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of reciprocating churn-dasl1erswhich are composed of two parallel leaves or blades hinged upon areciprocating bar or cross-head and it consists in the improvedconstruction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Ais the dasher-staff, which is hinged in a bifurcatedhead, B, at its lowerend. The head B is pivoted by a bolt, 12, which isscrewed into its under side upon the middle of the cross-piece O, thebolt 1) passing vertically through said cross-piece, and having across-head or key, 0, at its lower end, upon the under side ofcross-piece 0, against which it bears, said key being held in place bythe nut d.

The cross piece G is made with a longitudinal rib or flange, e, on itsunder side, which is enlarged on the middle to conform to the shape ofthe central key, 0, as will be seen more clearly by reference to Fig. 2of the drawings. In turning the hinged staff or handle A and its pivotedhead B the key is turned with it.

D D are cross-heads, secured one at each end of the cross piece or bar0, and provided with stops ff. E E arethe dasher wings or blades, whichare hung by their pivots g g g g in the cross-heads D D, one on eachside of bar (3, against the under side of which the innor sides of thewings E E impinge, separated from each other by the downward-projectingrib e. The middle part of the inner side of each of the wings is cut outto make room for the central enlargement, e, of said rib or flange, andby turning the key 0 across or crosswise upon said enlargement e, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the wings or blades E E will be lockedin a horizontal position. By turning the key, by means of the staff A,in the opposite direction, as shown by dotted lines in said figure, thewings will be free to swing in a downward direction, as indicated by thedotted lines in Fig. 3. When in this position the dashcr-wings will bearagainst the shoulder of cross-bar O and their outer stops, f f, on thedownward stroke of the dasher, but will be released on the upwardstroke, so as to cut the cream with ease; and when the butter has beenmade it is withdrawn from the churn by turning staff A (and with it thekey 0) onefourth around, when the dasher is at the end of its downwardstroke, which looks the blades E E in their horizontal rigid position,so that the butter may be lifted up upon them, the buttermilk drainingoil through the perforations with which the blades are provided.

By hinging the staff A to its head B it may be held in a bent positionwhile raising and carrying the dasher, thereby facilitating theseoperatlons.

I am aware that churn-dashers have been constructed before with pivoteddash-leaves adapted to be held in a horizontal position by aturn-button, and I do not claim such construction, broadly; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

The herein-described churn-dasher, consisting of the hinged or jointedstaff A, pivoted head B, provided with the bolt 12 and key 0, cross-barG, cross-heads D D, having stops f f, and pivoted parallel blades E E,arranged on opposite sides of the cross-bar G, the whole constructed andcombined to operate substantially as and for the purpose herein shownand described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WESLEY D. SNELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. VEDDER, J. W. MUDGETT.

